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Editorial: Come together

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Probably the single word that best expresses the fundamental nature of the agriculture sector when it comes to policy is ‘fractious.’ Looking at the synonyms for this word is a revealing exercise: stubborn, irritable, testy, unruly, disorderly, ornery, scrappy, touchy, and my personal favourite, indomitable. It’s a sector that loves a good fight and, by
The grain industry is hoping new legislation will finally turn the page on recurring grain shipping problems that stretch back decades.
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Historic transport bill passes Parliament

But some industry officials won’t fully celebrate until they see it’s working

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Western grain shippers are counting on better rail service after the Transportation Modernization Act (Bill C-49) became law May 23 to the delight of grain companies and farmers. During a news conference at Richardson-Pioneer’s South Lakes elevator both groups lauded federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, Transport Minister Marc Garneau and the Senate transport committee for
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Transportation fight as old as western grain growing

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The Transportation Modernization Act has been a long time coming. “For more than a decade the members of the WGEA (Western Grain Elevator Association) have worked alongside farmers and the full grain value chain to build a consensus around long-term solutions to the chronic capacity and performance efficiencies of the rail freight system,” WGEA executive
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CN Rail ordered 1,000 hopper cars

The new cars will hold more grain and replace older cars

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CN Rail has ordered 1,000 new-generation high-cube grain hopper cars over the next two years to rejuvenate the aging equipment needed to serve increasing annual crop yields. “This substantial investment in higher-capacity payload hopper cars, with up to 10 per cent more capacity than the older generation, demonstrates our commitment to safely, efficiently and reliably
The grain shipping backlog is mostly gone partly because railways have picked up the pace, but also because some unfulfilled sales made earlier this year, have disappeared, says Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association.
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Grain backlog no longer a problem

The railways are filling more car orders, but also unfilled earlier sales were lost

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This year’s grain shipping backlog is mostly gone. “Members (of the Western Grain Elevators Association) are fairly current right now after having to defer sales, and not make new sales, and make adjustments to their sales books to reduce the amount they can sell during peak price periods,” WGEA executive director Wade Sobkowich told reporters
Transport modernization on hold
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Transport modernization on hold

Liberals and Conservatives blame each other for latest transport bill delay

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Liberals and Conservatives were quick to blame each other May 11 for the latest snafu in getting the transport modernization bill passed into law. Anxious farm groups will now have to wait until May 22 at the earliest for action. Read more: Grain groups rip lawmakers over derailed transport bill The Senate sent the bill back
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Commons approves amended transportation bill

The fate of much-awaited transportation reforms is now once again with the Senate

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The Liberals used their majority in the Commons to defeat opposition attempts to accept all the amendments proposed to the transportation modernization legislation, and then approve their own changes to the bill. The bill goes back to the Senate for approval before it can receive royal assent and become law, although many of its provisions
“CN performance has improved in a big way and that needs to be recognized,” says Western Grain Elevator Association executive director Wade Sobkowich.
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CN parking cars as it seeks more grain to move

The railway stepped up shipments in March and April but now the peak shipping period is over

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After failing to meet thousands of grain car orders on time earlier this crop year CN says it’s running out of grain so it’s “temporarily parking roughly 1,200 hopper cars.” However, those cars are available if needed, CN said in a news release May 2. “CN said today it has met all grain orders in
Quick passage of amended C-49 sought
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Quick passage of amended C-49 sought

The message to Parliamentarians from farmers and shippers — git’r done

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Legislation to improve grain shipped by rail isn’t perfect, but it still needs to be passed and made law before Parliament breaks for the summer, say farmers, grain companies and processors. “Even though it (Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act) isn’t perfect we’re clearly of the strong view that we need to lock these change
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Opinion: The Great Canadian Grain Robbery

If you can’t identify the problem then you can’t provide a solution

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Allan Dawson, in the April 12 edition (Putting a price tag on the grain backlog), continues to defend a false narrative of ‘blame the railways.’ The information provided by Ken Larsen in his National Farmer’s Union op-ed on March 22 was confirmed by a highly respected journalist for the Western Producer, Brian Cross, who noted

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